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Ocean protection: "We have less than 10 years to reverse the trend", warns Audrey Azoulay
At the United Nations Ocean Conference the DirectorGeneral of UNESCO called on the international community to redouble its efforts to better understand and protect the oceans
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UNESCO welcomes Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira as Champion for the Ocean and Youth
At the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon Audrey Azoulay DirectorGeneral of UNESCO announced the appointment of the Brazilian Big Wave surfer Maya Gabeira as the Organizations Champion for the Ocean and Youth
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Tsunami resilience: UNESCO will train 100% of at-risk coastal communities by 2030
At the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon Audrey Azoulay DirectorGeneral of UNESCO will announce a new global programme to ensure 100 of coastal communities will be Tsunami Ready by 2030 Other conference highlights include the designation of Maya Gabeira the Brazilian surfer as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
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Underwater volcanoes: exceptional images filmed in the Mediterranean
A new UNESCO 1 Ocean exploration mission has just been carried out in the Aeolian Islands Italy with the goal of improving our knowledge of underwater volcanoes and the risk of tsunamis in the Mediterranean The mission has brought back exceptional images close to the bowels of the Earth and the origins of life
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Ocean: UNESCO launches emergency plan to boost World Heritage-listed reefs’ resilience
All World Heritagelisted reefs are at risk of disappearing by the end of this century On the occasion of the Our Ocean Conference in Palau Audrey Azoulay UNESCO DirectorGeneral announces an emergency plan to give them the best chance of survival with the support of the Global Fund for Coral Reefs She also calls for an international mobilization to prevent coral reef extinction
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One Ocean Summit: UNESCO pledges to have at least 80% of the seabed mapped by 2030
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One Ocean Summit: UNESCO calls on countries to include ocean education in school curricula by 2025
Interviews with the Strategy Advisory Board